List of Indianapolis 500 winners

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Winners of the annual Indianapolis 500, held on or around Memorial Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 1911.

[edit] Winners of the Indianapolis 500

Year	Date	Driver	Car	Team/owner	Distance (miles)	Average Speed (mph)
1911	May 30, 1911	Ray Harroun	Marmon "Wasp"	Nordyke & Marmon Company	500	74.602
1912	May 30, 1912	Joe Dawson	National	National Motor Vehicle Company	500	78.719
1913	May 30, 1913	Jules Goux	Peugeot	Peugeot	500	75.933
1914	May 30, 1914	René Thomas	Delage	Louis Delâge Company	500	82.474
1915	May 31, 1915	Ralph DePalma[1]	Mercedes	E.C. Patterson	500	89.840
1916	May 30, 1916	Dario Resta[2]	Peugeot	Peugeot Auto Racing Company	300[3]	84.001
1917-1918: No race held due to World War I
1919	May 31, 1919	Howdy Wilcox	Peugeot	I.M.S. Corporation	500	88.050
1920	May 31, 1920	Gaston Chevrolet[4]	Frontenac	William Small Company	500	88.618
1921	May 30, 1921	Tommy Milton	Frontenac	Louis Chevrolet	500	89.621
1922	May 30, 1922	Jimmy Murphy	Duesenberg/Miller	Jimmy Murphy	500	94.484
1923	May 30, 1923	Tommy Milton	Miller	H.C.S. Motor Company	500	90.545
1924	May 30, 1924	Lora L. Corum & Joe Boyer[5]	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	500	98.234
1925	May 30, 1925	Peter DePaolo	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	500	101.127
1926	May 31, 1926	Frank Lockhart	Miller	Peter Kreis	400 (rain)	95.904
1927	May 30, 1927	George Souders	Duesenberg	William S. White	500	97.545
1928	May 30, 1928	Louis Meyer	Miller	Alden Sampson, II	500	99.482
1929	May 30, 1929	Ray Keech	Miller	M. A. Yagle	500	97.585
1930	May 30, 1930	Billy Arnold	Summers/Miller	Harry Hartz	500	100.448
1931	May 30, 1931	Louis Schneider	Stevens/Miller	B. L. Schneider	500	96.629
1932	May 30, 1932	Fred Frame	Wetteroth/Miller	Harry Hartz	500	104.144
1933	May 30, 1933	Louis Meyer	Miller	Louis Meyer	500	104.162
1934	May 30, 1934	Bill Cummings	Miller	H. C. Henning	500	104.863
1935	May 30, 1935	Kelly Petillo	Wetteroth/Offenhauser	Kelly Petillo	500	106.240
1936	May 30, 1936	Louis Meyer	Stevens/Miller	Louis Meyer	500	109.069
1937	May 31, 1937	Wilbur Shaw	Shaw/Offenhauser	Wilbur Shaw	500	113.580
1938	May 30, 1938	Floyd Roberts	Wetteroth/Miller	Lou Moore	500	117.200
1939	May 30, 1939	Wilbur Shaw	Maserati	Boyle Racing Headquarters	500	115.035
1940	May 30, 1940	Wilbur Shaw	Maserati	Boyle Racing Headquarters	500	114.277
1941	May 30, 1941	Floyd Davis & Mauri Rose[6]	Wetteroth/Offenhauser	Lou Moore	500	115.117
1942-1945: No race held due to World War II
1946	May 30, 1946	George Robson[7]	Adams/Sparks	Thorne Engineering	500	114.820
1947	May 30, 1947	Mauri Rose	Deidt/Offenhauser	Lou Moore	500	116.338
1948	May 31, 1948	Mauri Rose	Deidt/Offenhauser	Lou Moore	500	119.814
1949	May 30, 1949	Bill Holland	Deidt/Offenhauser	Lou Moore	500	121.327
1950	May 30, 1950	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft/Offenhauser	Kurtis Kraft	345 (rain)	124.002
1951	May 30, 1951	Lee Wallard	Kurtis Kraft/Offenhauser	Murrell Belanger	500	126.244
1952	May 30, 1952	Troy Ruttman	Kuzma/Offenhauser	J. C. Agajanian	500	128.922
1953	May 30, 1953	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft/Offenhauser	Howard Keck	500	128.740
1954	May 31, 1954	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft/Offenhauser	Howard Keck	500	130.840
1955	May 30, 1955	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft/Offenhauser	John Zink	500	128.209
1956	May 30, 1956	Pat Flaherty	Watson/Offenhauser	John Zink	500	128.490
1957	May 30, 1957	Sam Hanks	Salih/Offenhauser	George Salih	500	135.601
1958	May 30, 1958	Jimmy Bryan	Salih/Offenhauser	George Salih	500	133.719
1959	May 30, 1959	Rodger Ward	Watson/Offenhauser	Leader Cards	500	135.875
1960	May 30, 1960	Jim Rathmann	Watson/Offenhauser	Ken-Paul	500	138.767
1961	May 30, 1961	A.J. Foyt	Trevis/Offenhauser	Bignotti-Bowes Racing	500	139.130
1962	May 30, 1962	Rodger Ward	Watson/Offenhauser	Leader Cards	500	140.293
1963	May 30, 1963	Parnelli Jones	Watson/Offenhauser	J. C. Agajanian	500	143.137
1964	May 30, 1964	A.J. Foyt	Watson/Offenhauser	Ansted-Thompson Racing	500	147.350
1965	May 31, 1965	Jim Clark	Lotus/Ford	Team Lotus	500	150.686
1966	May 30, 1966	Graham Hill	Lola/Ford	Mecom Racing Team	500	144.137
1967	May 31, 1967	A.J. Foyt	Coyote/Ford	Ansted-Thompson Racing	500	151.207
1968	May 30, 1968	Bobby Unser	Eagle/Offenhauser	Leader Cards	500	152.882
1969	May 30, 1969	Mario Andretti[8]	Hawk/Offenhauser	STP Corporation	500	156.867
1970	May 30, 1970	Al Unser, Sr.	Colt/Ford	Vel's Parnelli Jones Ford	500	155.749
1971	May 29, 1971	Al Unser, Sr.	Colt/Ford	Vel's Parnelli Jones Ford	500	157.735
1972	May 27, 1972	Mark Donohue	McLaren/Offenhauser	Roger Penske Enterprises	500	162.692
1973	May 30, 1973	Gordon Johncock	Eagle/Offenhauser	Patrick Racing Team	332.5 (rain)	159.063
1974	May 26, 1974	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren/Offenhauser	McLaren Cars	500	158.589
1975	May 25, 1975	Bobby Unser	Eagle/Offenhauser	All American Racers	435 (rain)	149.213
1976	May 30, 1976	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren/Offenhauser	McLaren Cars	255 (rain)	148.725
1977	May 29, 1977	A.J. Foyt	Coyote/Foyt	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	500	161.331
1978	May 28, 1978	Al Unser, Sr.	Lola/Cosworth	Chaparral Racing	500	161.363
1979	May 27, 1979	Rick Mears	Penske/Cosworth	Penske Racing	500	158.899
1980	May 25, 1980	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral/Cosworth	Chaparral Racing	500	142.862
1981	May 24, 1981	Bobby Unser	Penske/Cosworth	Penske Racing	500	139.084
1982	May 30, 1982	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat/Cosworth	STP Patrick Racing Team	500	162.029
1983	May 29, 1983	Tom Sneva	March/Cosworth	Bignotti-Cotter	500	162.117
1984	May 27, 1984	Rick Mears	March/Cosworth	Penske Cars	500	163.612
1985	May 26, 1985	Danny Sullivan	March/Cosworth	Penske Cars	500	152.982
1986	May 31, 1986	Bobby Rahal	March/Cosworth	Truesports	500	170.722
1987	May 24, 1987	Al Unser, Sr.	March/Cosworth	Penske Racing, Incorporated	500	162.175
1988	May 29, 1988	Rick Mears	Penske/Chevrolet Indy V-8	Penske Racing, Incorporated	500	144.809
1989	May 28, 1989	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske/Chevrolet	Patrick Racing, Incorporated	500	167.581
1990	May 27, 1990	Arie Luyendyk	Lola/Chevrolet	Doug Shierson Racing	500	185.981[9]
1991	May 26, 1991	Rick Mears	Penske/Chevrolet	Penske Racing, Incorporated	500	176.457
1992	May 24, 1992	Al Unser, Jr.	Galmer/Chevrolet	Galles-Kraco Racing	500	134.477
1993	May 30, 1993	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske/Chevrolet	Penske Racing, Incorporated	500	157.207
1994	May 29, 1994	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske/Mercedes-Benz	Penske Racing, Incorporated	500	160.872
1995	May 28, 1995	Jacques Villeneuve	Reynard/Ford Cosworth	Team Green	500	153.616
1996	May 26, 1996	Buddy Lazier	Reynard/Ford Cosworth	Hemelgarn Racing	500	147.956
1997	May 27, 1997	Arie Luyendyk	G Force/Aurora	Treadway Racing	500	145.827
1998	May 24, 1998	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	Dallara/Aurora	Team Cheever	500	145.155
1999	May 30, 1999	Kenny Brack	Dallara/Aurora	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	500	153.176
2000	May 28, 2000	Juan Pablo Montoya	G Force/Aurora	Chip Ganassi Racing	500	167.607
2001	May 27, 2001	Helio Castroneves	Dallara/Aurora	Marlboro Team Penske	500	153.601
2002	May 26, 2002	Helio Castroneves	Dallara/Chevrolet	Marlboro Team Penske	500	166.499
2003	May 25, 2003	Gil de Ferran[10]	Panoz G Force/Toyota	Marlboro Team Penske	500	156.291
2004	May 30, 2004	Buddy Rice	Panoz G Force/Honda	Rahal Letterman Racing	450 (rain)	138.518
2005	May 29, 2005	Dan Wheldon	Dallara/Honda	Andretti Green Racing	500	157.603
2006	May 28, 2006	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Dallara/Honda	Marlboro Team Penske	500	157.085

1. ^ DePalma was Italian-born
2. ^ Resta was Italian-born
3. ^ 1916 race scheduled for 300 miles
4. ^ Chevrolet was French-born
5. ^ 1924: Corum started the race in the car. During the race, Boyer took over in relief, and drove the car to victory. As a result, the two drivers were declared co-winners.
6. ^ 1941: Davis started the race in the car. During the race, Rose took over in relief, and drove the car to victory. As a result, the two drivers were declared co-winners.
7. ^ Robson was an English national
8. ^ Andretti was Italian-born
9. ^ race record average speed
10. ^ de Ferran was French born

[edit] Most victories

• Four victories - three drivers
  • A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977)
  • Al Unser, Sr. (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987)
  • Rick Mears (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991)
• Three victories - five drivers
  • Louis Meyer (1928, 1933, 1936)
  • Wilbur Shaw (1937, 1939, 1940)
  • Mauri Rose (1941, 1947, 1948)
  • Bobby Unser (1968, 1975, 1981)
  • Johnny Rutherford (1974, 1976, 1980)
• Two victories - eight drivers
  • Tommy Milton (1921, 1923)
  • Bill Vukovich (1953, 1954)
  • Rodger Ward (1959, 1962)
  • Gordon Johncock (1973, 1982)
  • Emerson Fittipaldi (1989, 1993)
  • Arie Luyendyk (1990, 1997)
  • Al Unser, Jr. (1992, 1994)
  • Hélio Castroneves (2001, 2002)

[edit] Most consecutive victories

• Two consecutive victories - five drivers
  • Wilbur Shaw (1939-1940)
  • Mauri Rose (1947-1948)
  • Bill Vukovich (1953-1954)
  • Al Unser, Sr. (1970-1971)
  • Hélio Castroneves (2001-2002)

[edit] Nationalities of Indianapolis 500 Winners (Non-United States)

• Brazil
  • Emerson Fittipaldi (1989, 1993)
  • Hélio Castroneves (2001, 2002)

• Canada
  • Jacques Villeneuve (1995)

• Colombia
  • Juan Pablo Montoya (2000)

• England
  • George Robson ( American national) (1946)
  • Graham Hill (1966)
  • Dan Wheldon (2005)

• France
  • Jules Goux (1913)
  • René Thomas (1914)
  • Gaston Chevrolet ( American national) (1920)
  • Gil de Ferran ( Brazilian national} (2003)

• Italy
  • Ralph DePalma ( American national) (1915)
  • Dario Resta ( British national) (1916)
  • Mario Andretti ( Naturalized America citizen, 1965) (1969)

• Netherlands
  • Arie Luyendyk (1990, 1997)

• Scotland
  • Jim Clark (1965)

• Sweden
  • Kenny Bräck (1999)

[edit] Years with new winning drivers

65 drivers have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race.

• 1911 - Ray Harroun
• 1912 - Joe Dawson
• 1913 - Jules Goux
• 1914 - René Thomas
• 1915 - Ralph DePalma (Italian-born)
• 1916 - Dario Resta (Italian-born)
• 1919 - Howdy Wilcox
• 1920 - Gaston Chevrolet (French-born)
• 1921 - Tommy Milton
• 1922 - Jimmy Murphy
• 1924 - Lora L. Corum
• 1924 - Joe Boyer
• 1925 - Peter DePaolo
• 1926 - Frank Lockhart
• 1927 - George Souders
• 1928 - Louis Meyer
• 1929 - Ray Keech
• 1930 - Billy Arnold
• 1931 - Louis Schneider
• 1932 - Fred Frame
• 1934 - Bill Cummings
• 1935 - Kelly Petillo
• 1937 - Wilbur Shaw
• 1938 - Floyd Roberts
• 1941 - Floyd Davis
• 1941 - Mauri Rose
• 1946 - George Robson (English-born)
• 1949 - Bill Holland
• 1950 - Johnnie Parsons
• 1951 - Lee Wallard
• 1952 - Troy Ruttman
• 1953 - Bill Vukovich
• 1955 - Bob Sweikert
• 1956 - Pat Flaherty
• 1957 - Sam Hanks
• 1958 - Jimmy Bryan
• 1959 - Rodger Ward
• 1960 - Jim Rathmann
• 1961 - A.J. Foyt
• 1963 - Parnelli Jones
• 1965 - Jim Clark
• 1966 - Graham Hill
• 1968 - Bobby Unser
• 1969 - Mario Andretti (Italian-born)
• 1970 - Al Unser
• 1972 - Mark Donohue
• 1973 - Gordon Johncock
• 1974 - Johnny Rutherford
• 1979 - Rick Mears
• 1983 - Tom Sneva
• 1985 - Danny Sullivan
• 1986 - Bobby Rahal
• 1989 - Emerson Fittipaldi
• 1990 - Arie Luyendyk
• 1992 - Al Unser, Jr.
• 1995 - Jacques Villeneuve
• 1996 - Buddy Lazier
• 1998 - Eddie Cheever, Jr.
• 1999 - Kenny Bräck
• 2000 - Juan-Pablo Montoya
• 2001 - Hélio Castroneves
• 2003 - Gil de Ferran (French-born)
• 2004 - Buddy Rice
• 2005 - Dan Wheldon
• 2006 - Sam Hornish, Jr.